Return Transportation Clause Samples

Return Transportation. Section 1. The Employer shall return driver to home terminal by rail or bus up to three hundred (300) miles, and receipts shall be required. On trips extending beyond three hundred (300) miles drivers shall be returned by air coach. The Employer may require that drivers use the least expensive airfare available as long as drivers are not denied work opportunity and are not unreasonably delayed as a result of having been compelled to accept the least expensive airfare. After a reasonable ETA at the airport is mutually established, the Employer shall either: assign the driver the available flight that is schedule to arrive the earliest at the return destination, or choose a different flight and compensate the driver at the appropriate hourly rate for all time in excess of one (1) hour the driver is delayed in arriving when comparing the scheduled arrival time of the earliest available flight with the scheduled arrival time of the flight chosen by the Employer. Drivers who miss a flight through no fault of their own shall either be assigned the available flight that is scheduled to arrive the earliest at the return destination or a different flight, and be compensated for all hours in excess of two (2) hours the driver is delayed in arriving when comparing the scheduled arrival time of the earliest available flight with the scheduled arrival time of the flight assigned by the Employer. (a) If the difference in the ticket cost of the least expensive airfare to the Company on an earlier flight does not exceed fifty ($50) dollars, the Company will give the driver the flight of his/her choice. (b) A driver who misses his/her original flight must call central control or the driver’s home terminal after arrival at the airport. (c) When mutually agreed between the driver and the Company representative at the time of dispatch that it is necessary to carry extra luggage to conduct Company business (example: extra coveralls, boots, gloves, winter or rain gear, etc.) and the airline charges for the extra luggage, the Employer shall reimburse the employee for such charges when proper receipts are submitted. The Employer shall furnish the driver with cash or a ticket for the return trip. Receipts shall be furnished to the Employer for any cash paid out for fares or tickets. Any driver electing to return by public transportation other than air coach shall be reimbursed for train or bus, whichever is used. Upon request, the driver will be provided with the pricing of the ti...